Another New Paper a la Mode Challenge at The Outlawz and the kickoff of the 1,000 Member Party has begun!

If you're looking for my entry in the Sweet Magnolia Rose Honey Bee's Corner Color Challenge, click here.
If you're looking for my JustWordz Design Team Friday post, click here.
If you're looking for my 4th entry in the CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge, click here.
And for my 5th entry in the CDAC challenge, click here.
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Oh, my gosh!!! It seems like I have been taking pictures and typing blog posts all day long! I already posted 2 entries for CDAC's Progressive Freebies Challenge, an entry for Sweet Magnolia Rose's first color challenge today and now it's time to post my project for the Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz which went live at midnight. It is now 12:26 CDT and I'm still typing! Can you tell that I love my craft? LOL

Because we are celebrating reaching our 1,000 member milestone in a huge way beginning Sunday at midnight, we decided to make our regular challenge easy and fun for everybody. The theme is Anything Goes!  Yippee! So I made a tag with a winter holiday theme. This is a large tag, approximately 5 1/2 inches long and 2 3/4 inches wide. So without further ado, here it is!

The winter fairy image is another of Phee McFaddell's that I love so much and I colored it with Copics!  Phee is one talented artist and I am so glad that I discovered her coloring pages and other illustrations as they have provided hours and hours of coloring entertainment for me these last few weeks.

The base tag I used is manila cardstock and I covered both sides of it with dp from K and Company.  The snowflakes were from a purchase I made last year of supplies for making Christmas cards and I can't remember where I got them or who makes them though I am pretty sure that the white ones are by Dress It Up.  I added a little bit of Stickles behind the fairy figure but I'm not sure how well it shows up in the pictures.  I also fastened an assortment of ribbons and fibers through the tag hold by looping them instead of tying them and added the silver metallic letters to the back to spell "Let It Snow!".  Other than coloring the fairy, this was a pretty quick and easy project and I think the results are more than worth the effort.  I enjoy making tags just to work on something other than cards and layouts.  It's about time to make another mini album too.

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #112 - tags and bookmarks

Well, that's about it for this week's challenge.  Be sure and join us at The Outlawz for opportunities to participate in all of our fun activities and win some really cool prizes.  I sure could use one of those $100 gift certificates!  Several of my Copics have run dry and I need more ink!  Until next time...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

Happy Friday and a new JustWordz Design Team Project

It's Friday again already and the beginning of a new month as well!!  I find it incredibly hard to believe that there are less than 4 months left in the year!!!!  Holy moley!  Where has this year gone???  As ready as I am for summer to be over and fall to begin, I'm not prepared for all the hubbub that goes on around the holidays.  Well, as I can't turn back time and I can't wish the days away, I'll just have to be content with it being the 2nd of September.  With each new Friday comes a new project for JustWordz Stamps and this Friday is no different.  We had a fantastic turnout for our first blog hop last weekend and we gave away some pretty cool prizes so if you missed it, I'm sorry for you and I hope you'll be able to attend the next one.  For now, I have something a little different for you.  Kim asked us to create tags this week but that was the only guideline.  We could use any kind of theme for our tags that we wanted... sort of an "anything goes" kind of thing except that it had to be a tag.  I just can't say enough about the versatility and ease of using these stamps.  I'm not sure now how I ever got along without them and I'm really looking forward to seeing what Kim has in store for us next.

It had been a while since I made a tag but I had so much fun with this one, I made a second one that is completely different.  I'll save that one for another time but for now, I'll show you the one I made for my DT project.

Be sure to visit the JustWordz blog to see what Kim and the other DT members have created this week.  You can find links to their blogs in my left sidebar.

Tools and Materials:

Base tag - 7 Gypsies Walnut stained cardstock tag
DP - K & Company Jubilee
Image - Ina Jane downloaded from Sweet Coloring Pages
Image colored with Copics
Sentiment - JustWordz Everyday Sentiments
Sentiment label - Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags
Leafy vines - Sizzix colored with Copics
Flowers - small retro flower punch
Flower centers - Recollections pearls tinted with Copic #Y38
Distressing - Dark Pink and Lime Green Studio G Chalk Inks
Butterflies - Martha Stewart small butterfly punch
Brown and white cardstock used for sentiment and butterflies - Recollections
DP used for butterflies - K & Company Que Sera Sera
Small pearl strips used for butterfly thorax - Recollections
Assorted fibers and ribbons - my stash

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Sweet Magnolia Honey Bee' Corner Technique Challenge #1 - use 3 dfferent textures


That's all I have for you today.  I'll have a new Design Team project for The Outlawz Paper a la Mode Challenge tomorrow and I hope you'll come back to see it.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and that you find the time to do something creative!  Until next time....

Happy crafting!
Anniebee